Hon. Catherine S. Callbeck:

Honourable senators, my question is for the Leader of the Government in the Senate. The Canadian Council on Learning is one of Canada's foremost researchers in education, and this morning they held a round table in Ottawa where they discussed such important topics as lifetime learning, literacy and post-secondary education.

The council's input is considered valuable to policy-makers in this country. In fact, when we started our study in the Social Affairs Committee on post-secondary education, the council's president, Dr. Paul Cappon, was one of our first panellists. However, in January the council was told that its funding was cancelled. They have indicated that they will try to continue, but it will be on a much smaller scale.

Why did the federal government cancel the funding of the Canadian Council on Learning?

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